People flat-out shouldn't post answers or feedback to technical things rudely or give negative rep for ignorance... There's just no need for it and it's counter-productive to a great environment for learning and inspiring.
When other people make strongly-worded posts that insult or defame other teams, individuals, companies, etc., a response should productive and can be firm and direct, but still shouldn't be demeaning or rude. A PM and perhaps some negative rep may be in order, but everything you do should be full of Gracious Professionalism. Sugar-coating and coddling is not GP, but on the other hand, demeaning someone for holding an opinion or being unaware/ignorant also is not GP...
Since I think it's a good case study/benchmark...
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Originally Posted by Foster
Hi, you must be new here. it's a well known fact that your $5,000 donation goes directly to FIRST. All of the parts, all of the totes, all of the shipping to your kick off site is donated.
Oh, that regional you "paid for". Donations make that happen.
Time for you to search in the CD archives about FIRST financials.
Andy Mark does amazing things to help roboteers. VEX does amazing things to help roboteers. While they meet bottom lines, the employees and owners put passion in front of profits. Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast made $32.9 million last year. If all the First FRC teams bough ALL their parts from AM, the gross would be less than half of what Brian made.
People do amazing things for stuff the have a passion for.
I salute the robotics suppliers, I think they are awesome people with bad business sense. I buy as much stuff from them as I can, just to keep them (parts, same day shipping, talk to an engineer on a call, phone answered on the weekend) around for another year.
You, on the other hand, should do some research before you post and look like an idiot.
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I think Foster's post here is right on the edge between an altogether great rebuke and something demeaning. I certainly wouldn't give negative rep for it (as some very good information is given) and I probably wouldn't give positive rep, as I do think the 3rd line and particularly the last line are crossing over into the realm of 'demeaning' when they'd probably be more productive if they were softened slightly.